Johnny Babich vs. Mike Beard — Career Comparison

Johnny Babich
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Beard
Baby BoomersArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Johnny Babich built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Beard as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Beard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.534 compared to 4.93 and 1.481 for Johnny Babich. By the career numbers, Mike Beard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Johnny Babich and Mike Beard

Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
1.7
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.32
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.46
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.68
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.68
77.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
4.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.74
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1776
27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
27
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
592
9
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
9
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
657
9.99
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
9.76
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.76
9.76
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.58
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.69
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.34
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.43
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.28
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.762
0.762
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
39.86
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
526
40.12
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.83
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
5.72
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.81
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.99
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.69
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.481
1.481
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.466
1.466
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2393
36.38
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
34.93
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.86
39.86
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Johnny Babich and Mike Beard

Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.64
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
27
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
9
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.91
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.44
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.36
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.88
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.473
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.419
0.419
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johnny Babich and Mike Beard

Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
300
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
3700
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
600
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
565.18
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
96.43
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
83.04
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.39
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.82
18.27
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
9.91
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
109.82
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
112.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
100
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.5
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
26.79
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
64.29
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
10.52
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.11
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.36
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.71
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
168.75
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
3.56
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
18.75
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.07
Mike Beard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Babich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Beard
Career
Per 600 PA